Voldemort and free will (was: Re: Did JKR cheat with the prophecy?)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 125906


> > vmonte responds:
> >
> > The Tom Riddle preserved in the diary was only a teenager. This
> > diary was made by Tom while he was at Hogwarts. And it did not
> > contain any future memories of the prophecy.
> >
> > Vivian
> Doddie here: [snip]
>
> You absolutely cannot use this arguement since "Diary Tom" would
> not have known about Harry Potter defeating him YEARS LATER, yet
> speaks about it in COS scene!!!!


now albusthewhite: Actually, you absolutely *can* use this argument,
because as Riddle himself says, "Well, you see, Ginny told me all
about you, Harry.... Your whole *fascinating* history" (CoS USHB
311). TR doesn't have any memory beyond his (fifth?) year at
Hogwarts; the info on more current events is provided unwittingly by
Ginny in conversing (IMing?) with her diary.

vmonte again:

Actually, you can't. Ginny doesn't know anything about the prophecy,
neither does Harry (during CoS). Dumbledore tells Harry about the
prophecy during OOTP, 2 years later. So, all that Ginny could have
told TR about Harry is what is common knowledge in the WW. Basically,
that Voldemort was defeated by a baby--no details, nothing.
Vivian